It has now turned out that I'm unlikely to make the concert now and will likely have to sell the tickets on. I did hope by this stage I'd have the tickets in hand, but I haven't. I sent an email to question when delivery was predicted and I was told postage would be 7 days before the gig and allow upto 2 days before the gig for delivery. That's cutting it a bit fine.

Having the same issue! Tickets have yet to be dispatched as of today the 14th November & the gig is 22nd! I have train & hotel booked but no tickets. I've used gigs & tours for tickets before without issue but never again!

I believe part of the reason tickets do not go out until last minute is to combat touting. But either way, you have bought a ticket, have a reference number and if they do not show up in time then contact customer service who will undoubtedly sort you out on the door. So don't panic. You pay for 1st class or recorded or whatever, and that will show up the next day.

The only firm I have had an issue with in the past is See Tickets. They are - and I am going to try and be nice here - a bunch of fucking shyster thundercunts who all deserve several kicks to the genitals and head.

There is a lesson to be learned here though - always buy an e-ticket. (saying that, I do not know if this was an option)

See tickets & gigs and tours are basically the same company! I understand regarding ticket touts and delaying tickets for this reason but I buy several gig/festival tickets a year & have never got so close to a gig without them even being dispatched

Vodster wrote:See tickets & gigs and tours are basically the same company! I understand regarding ticket touts and delaying tickets for this reason but I buy several gig/festival tickets a year & have never got so close to a gig without them even being dispatched

Are they? Shit. This I did not know. I have never used G&T before.

In that case, get onto them. Hard. Tomorrow. Bunch of fucking shit stains on the y-fronts of humanity. Would rather never see a gig again than use SeeTickets. Cunts. Fucking awful cunts. If they were the only supplier of meat on earth, I would go veggie. Or pick them off one by one and go cannibal.

** Gigs & tours/see tickets update
FINALLY dispatched tickets yesterday (Thursday) for the gig on Tuesday at Carlisle. They should arrive today, as being sent special delivery so panic almost over but I won't be happy til I have them in my hand.

Valid point. I appreciate them trying to combat touting, but this wait for tickets is a pain in the neck.
I travel over from Ireland and am making this into a holiday with several other gigs besides Frank. The other shows are E-tickets, so no worries. With Seetickets (who are indeed the same company as Gigs and Tours) I have to change my tickets to box office collection, because I cannot risk the tickets arriving in the post when I am already on the ferry....
I have been in this situation before and sometimes it works out fine, with clued in venues who allow you to collect your tickets in the afternoon. Other times though you are dealing with dopey venue staff, who first realize that there must be a list for ticket collections somewhere once the doors open and folks with tickets in hand dash past you to get a spot on the barrier. Very frustrating and it doesn't happen anywhere else but in the UK.

I'd forgotten about this thread until it popped up this morning. But in the interests of balance, a couple of weeks ago I ordered tickets for Tim Minchin's UK tour in November 2019, and the hard copy tickets have already been delivered. Probability of my losing them somewhere around the house in the next 13 months . . . 100%.

I'm excited to see Tim live for the first time in forever though (assuming I miraculously hang onto the tickets). Given his subject matter and lyricism, I get the sense there might be quite an overlap between his fan base and FT's - any other Minchin appreciators out there?